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EU bans uncertified RP tuna
The Philippine is losing millions of dollars in potential revenue because its marine products are off limits to European consumers. Since January 1, the European Union (EU) imposed a mandatory scheme that allows only seafood ...
- January 26, 2010
More 'hulbot-hulbot' fishers apprehended
The Iloilo provincial government urged national government agencies running after illegal fishers to be aggressive and relentless. This was after the provincial Bantay Dagat single-handedly apprehended the third Danish ...
- February 26, 2015
PDIS: P1-b agri funding to fail
The government should review the program and implementing guidelines of the P1-billion Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program, the state-run think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies said Monday. PIDS ...
- December 15, 2015
Fisherfolk turn over tags to gov't for study
Fishermen have started returning tags recovered from their catch to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which is engaged in multilateral scientific-projects to develop regional conservation management plans ...
- May 25, 2009
PH to protest China island 'militarization'
The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest against China if it is proven that there was “militarization” in the Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. In a news briefing after ...
- January 9, 2018
Navy, fisherfolk warned vs 'violent' Chinese coast guard law
Government, commercial and exploration vessels as well as small fishermen have been warned to be on alert as Beijing’s new law authorizing its coast guard to fire on any foreign ship and demolish structures in the South ...
- February 1, 2021
Duterte won back PH sovereignty over West Philippine Sea
Duterte administration takes a low-key approach in fighting for our sovereignty. But in effect, Duterte has won back sovereignty for the Filipino people. Aquino and Del Rosario thought that by bringing the Americans and ...
- April 11, 2017
Duterte apologizes to 22 fishers
President Duterte said he does not mean to belittle the plight of the 22 fishermen who were abandoned at sea by a Chinese vessel when he referred to the Recto Bank incident as a “little” maritime incident. In an interview ...
- June 26, 2019
Fishers to bets: don’t forget us
Fishermen on Wednesday staged a rally here to press presidential candidates to include their sector in their governance plans, four days ahead of the third and last presidential debate that would be held at the University ...
- April 23, 2016
PRRD leaves for Beijing today for Belt and Road forum
Amid the escalating tension in the disputed South China Sea, President Duterte is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday April 25 in his four-day visit to Beijing. The President is ...
- April 24, 2019